Carolyn’s Other Letters

…their association with Jim Jones, though their influence was manifested in different ways. Marceline wielded moral authority, and was approachable in ways in which Jim was not: she was essentially…

I Am a Cultist, Two Times Over

…the two leaders, Jim Jones of Peoples Temple and Charles E. Dederich (Chuck) of Synanon, although I should note that much of what I have learned about them, especially in…

Carolyn Layton: The Grey Eminence

…over Jim throughout their ten-year affair and her involvement as Jim’s chief of staff. I first met Carolyn and her husband Larry Layton at a meeting Jim held at my…

“There, but for the Grace of God, go I”

…focus of Jim Jones. The social programs, which had excited so many, slowly faded in importance as Jim began to focus on moving everyone to Guyana and away from the…

A Different Course

…no one at Jonestown — even Jim Jones — could control; and that the persecution against Jonestown through the government/media conglomerate was all too real, and life-threatening. I am tired…